Patent · US Active

Method of treatment using bisphosphonic acid

US7718634B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. · US

Inventors

Frieder Bauss · Lambsheim, DE
Bernhard Pichler · Ketsch, DE
Stephen Turley · Bottmingen, CH

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 16, 2008
Grant date	May 18, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 16, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61P19/10
WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention refers to a pharmaceutical composition of a bisphosphonic acid or salt thereof, and an excipient thereof, and a method of treating disorder characterized by pathologically increased bone resorption comprising orally administering at least 150% of the expected efficious daily dose of a bisphosphonic acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients thereof and administering the dose at a period of one two or three consecutive days per month.

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